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 I know every bird in the sky, * and the creatures of the fields are in my sight.

If I were hungry, I would not tell you, * for the whole world is mine and all that is in it.

Do you think I eat the flesh of bulls, * or drink the blood of goats?

Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving * and make good your vows to the Most High.

Call upon me in the day of trouble; * I will deliver you, and you shall honor me.”

But to the wicked God says: * “Why do you recite my statutes, and take my covenant upon your lips;

Since you refuse discipline, * and toss my words behind your back?

When you see a thief, you make him your friend, * and you cast in your lot with adulterers.

You have loosed your lips for evil, * and harnessed your tongue to a lie.

You are always speaking evil of your brother * and slandering your own mother’s son.

These things you have done, and I kept still, * and you thought that I am like you.”

AI have made my accusation; * I have put my case in order before your eyes.

Consider this well, you who forget God, * lest I rend you and there be none to deliver you.